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First Person: Going to ridiculous lengths to see the British band that made "Lola" and "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" and would become a favorite of directors such as Wes Anderson. A thief, a scalper and a likely mobster are involved.

This Somali American was devastated when his teenage nephew traveled from Minneapolis to Mogadishu to join the extremists of al-Shabab. Now ISIS seems to be using the same recruiting networks to lure American teens to Syria and Iraq.

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03/26/2015 - 9:00am

A new biography shows a family cramped into a tight bungalow, pinching pennies, enduring slights and slurs. "It was very disciplined," Michelle Obama recalls. Her big brother says he didn't realize they were poor until he went to college.

Thousands of men from Myanmar and other southeast Asian countries are being used as slaves to catch fish that may end up on American dinner tables. The Associated Press uncovered the story and followed the distribution trail to the United States.

Now that Oregon will automatically register anyone with a driver's license to vote, Pennsylvania is looking at taking the move even further. It could add as many as 2 millions Pennsylvanians to the voter rolls, and President Barack Obama also is now recommending action to increase turnout.

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03/22/2015 - 6:45pm

There can be a whole lot of noise at South by Southwest. You can walk down Sixth Street in Austin — the main drag, where many of the venues are located — and not hear anything but a mush of bands and artists, spilling into the street. But, one band caught our notice: Poor Rich Boy from Pakistan.